“Tequila, Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll,” from Goya Award-winning producer-helmer Alvaro Longoria, has been acquired for international sales by Latido Films. Set up at Madrid’s Morena Films, w…
” nabbed a nomination. Meanwhile, just in the last few years, Longoria has produced Asghar Farhadi’s Cannes opener “Everybody Knows” and Spanish box office juggernaut “Champions.” Set to world premiere at this month’s San Sebastian Festival as part of its Made in Spain showcase, “Tequila” charts the rise of the Argentine-Spanish rock band fronted by Ariel Rot and Alejo Stivel.
The doc feature weaves archival performances with interviews presented in 4:3 aspect ratio to reflect the format common to TV shows in the ‘70s. Cecilia Rot, Ariel’s brother, speaks wisely throughout the film capturing the feeling of not only the band’s rise, but the tragedy of their drug infused slide.
Longoria: Spain was a country that was grey and dark, and then suddenly BOOM! Explosion and this was the group that was there and the people immediately connected with them. The truth is it’s an amazing story. This would be the soundtrack that changed their lives, they went from dark to rainbow.” Longoria: It was destiny: Just as Argentina goes from light to dark, Spain goes from dark to light. They are at a cross point where they switch just at the right time. They come from a country that was very advanced by Spanish standards, where culture was everywhere and suddenly this closed down. They managed to jump to a country that is opening up. They just continued the tendency of what was going on in Argentina when they left. But for Spain it was a revolution.
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